Sports

THEY’RE OFF! – Runners in the Garden State Track Club’s 10-Miler Start their run March 22 in Colonial Park. Thousands of runners were expected to take part in the Garden State Track Club’s annual Garden State 10-Miler and Cooke Chase 5K March 22 in Colonial Park. Proceeds from the event will be used for scholarships for certain Franklin High School …

‘SCUSE ME WHILE I SKY – The action was fast during the high school and middle school games at the annual Bruce Medley March Madness event at the Youth Center March 14. Basketball was the order of the day March 14 at the Franklin Youth Center on Lewis Street. The occasion was the annual Bruce Medley March Madness event, in …

GOING FOR TWO – Senior Alissa Myers goes up for two of her game-leading 20 points March 5 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship game against Hillsborough. Fourth-quarter domination by the Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team led to victory March 5 in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 4 tournament championship round. The Lady Warriors overwhelmed the …

FREE THROWING – Junior Alivia Stewart prepares to sink one of her five free throws during the March 3 Central Jersey Group 4 semi-final against Jackson. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team continued their roughshod treatment of opponents in the Central Jersey Group 4 tournament on March 3, barreling past Jackson Township, 66-34, in the semi-final round. Don’t …

PATIENCE – Lady Warrior Aleah Sunkins waits to take her shot during the February 28 CJ Group 4 quarterfinals game against the Freehold Township Patriots. The Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team on February 28 did what they should have done to a lower-seeded team in the CJ Group 4 quarterfinals: they gave them a drubbing. It looked in …

THANKING THE SCHOOL BOARD – Jason Yanchuck, the newly minted district Assistant Athletic Director, speaks to the school board at the February 26 meeting. A high school track coach was named as the new district Assistant Athletic Director at the February 26 Board of Education meeting. Jason Yanchuck, who is the Franklin High School girls’ track & field team coach, …

TEEING UP – Junior Alivia Stewart prepares to sink one of her six free throws in the February 26 NJSIAA CJ Group 4 Tournament game against Manalapan High School. The top-seeded Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team won big in their NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 4 Tournament first round game on February 26, dominating Manalapan High School 75-17. The Lady …

FOR THE BUCKET – Junior Aleah Sunkins goes up for two of her game-leading 21 points February 21 during the Somerset County Tournament finals against Rutgers Prep at Montgomery High School. It took them a few minutes to get themselves settled, but the Rutgers Prep Argonauts soon established their dominance over the Franklin Township Lady Warriors basketball team February 21 …

PREPARING THE SHOT – Sophomore Sean Duncan prepares to take a foul shot during the Warriors’ February 17 game against College Achieve Asbury Park. The Franklin High School Warriors basketball team let slip a 20-point lead against College Achieve Asbury Park on February 17, eventually falling to the Knights 75-72. Although they managed to cut seven points off the 20-point …

FOCUS – Jamila McRiney takes a moment before sinking the first of two free-throws with seconds left in the Somerset County Tournament game against Gil St. Bernard’s. Aleah Sunkins scored a double-double and Alissa Myers sunk the 100th 3-point shot of her career during the Franklin High School Lady Warriors basketball team’s upset victory over Gil St. Bernard’s February 14 …